Financing of health systems to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals in low-income countries

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9712, 2010, Pages 419-426

  Fryatt, Robert ^a   Mills, Anne ^b   Nordstrom, Anders ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Styrelsen for Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 75149149437     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61833-X     Document Type: Note

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